In early 2015, a new berg broke free from the Getz Ice Shelf.
Published Apr 21, 2015
After an 18-year voyage, a fragment of the largest iceberg ever recorded has drifted into dangerously warm territory.
Published Jun 6, 2018
B-15J, a long-lived Antarctic iceberg, broke into small pieces in early December 2011, after drifting into warmer waters.
Published Dec 7, 2011
This image could be a scene out of a spooky movie, but the reality is just as morbid.
Published Oct 31, 2018
Acquired on November 25, 2011, this natural-color image shows two icebergs in the southern Pacific Ocean: B-15J and newly formed B-15Y.
Published Nov 30, 2011
In just a month, a large iceberg from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier has disintegrated.
Published Oct 28, 2017
In April 2005, the A53a iceberg calved off the Larsen Ice Shelf and began drifting north. Nearly three years later, it began to disintegrate.
Published Mar 20, 2008
A composite of six satellite images captures some of the planet’s southern charm.
Published Apr 26, 2015
Thermal imagery shows the relative warmth between the new iceberg and the Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Jul 21, 2017
Fragments of Iceberg B-15J spread across the ocean east-southeast of New Zealand in late December 2011.
Published Dec 29, 2011
Iceberg A-68A has moved a relatively short distance in the year since it calved from the Larsen C Ice Shelf.
Published Jul 13, 2018Image of the Day Water Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
An iceberg about the size of Delaware has split off from the Larsen C ice shelf.
Published Jul 12, 2017Image of the Day Snow and Ice Remote Sensing Sea and Lake Ice
In March 2006, a team of researchers from the United States and Argentina visited an iceberg near the Antarctic Peninsula in order to gain a better understanding of how ice melts and disintegrates when it encounters warmer areas.
Published Mar 9, 2006
Landsat 8 captures a view of the ice separating from the ice shelf.
Published Nov 15, 2013
The iceberg that calved from the Larsen C ice shelf has broken into two named bergs, as well as a handful of pieces.
Published Jul 27, 2017
The mega-iceberg A53a (upper image) measured close to 50 kilometers by 22 kilometers, about seven times the area of Manhattan Island, in mid-January 2008 when astronauts took the photographs for this mosaic. The images were acquired from the International Space Station (ISS), located 780 kilometers to the north of the iceberg at an altitude of 341 kilometers; the perspective distorts the oblong shape of the iceberg, making it look squarer than it actually is.
Published Feb 25, 2008
